by CRN | May 23, 2026 | Emergency Plan, Preparedness, Resources
The communities most likely to be cut off in an emergency are often the same ones least likely to appear in a response plan. That isn’t a complaint. It’s just how maps work. Every emergency response system in the country is built on lines — council boundaries, ward...
by CRN | May 10, 2026 | Emergency Hubs, Emergency Plan, Preparedness
When a severe weather event approaches, or an earthquake strikes, or a major infrastructure failure unfolds, you’ll often hear the same phrase in the news: a state of emergency has been declared. Most people have a general sense that this means something serious is...
by CRN | Nov 12, 2025 | Drop-Ins, Healthy Homes, Preparedness
Helping people turn their houses into ‘healthy homes’ is all in a day’s work for Kootuitui ki Papakura. Headed by Warm Dry Homes team leader Whiti Herewini, a Kootuitui team visits people and provides advice around insulation, ventilation, curtains and more, to help...
by CRN | Oct 30, 2025 | Emergency Plan, Papakura, Preparedness
Saturdays, 10:00–12:00 • Papakura Museum (Living with Floods exhibition)No speeches, just friendly, practical conversations with local Resilience Guides. Bring your questions — leave with one action you can take at home. Attend and enter to win valuable prizes! 2025...
by CRN | Oct 25, 2025 | Community, Papakura, Preparedness
Self-reliant households. Connected neighbourhoods. That’s real resilience. The truth about “being resilient” When officials say “be resilient,” many of us hear “cope harder, alone.” That’s not how communities get through a storm. During the Auckland Anniversary...
by CRN | Jul 19, 2025 | Emergency Plan, Floods, Preparedness
Remember the January 2023 floods that left parts of Auckland underwater? While we can’t predict when the next emergency will strike, we can prepare for it. The new Papakura Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan makes it clear: every household needs...
